Whatever Happened to ... ? Club Fur

Readers may have noticed that Club Fur, on the record as the oldest furry-themed clubs, is no longer on the Newser's SL Clubbin' schedule. The reason is, not only is it inactive, it is no longer part of the Sunweaver Estates, which provides the land for the paper's office, or anywhere else in Second Life. Club Fur has been removed and back in the inventory of Alynna Vixen (Alynna O'onthrera Trypnotk). And Alynna hasn't been inworld since May.

Club Fur has had an interesting history, going back to 2004 according to Alynna. At one point it was described as being removed from an old location less than two minutes before the place was "flattened." It was in Furnation for a time before it ended up in Alynna's hands in 2009, whom eventually took it to Kitsuhana sim where it was reopened in November 2010. In June 2013, the club moved back to Furnation following the reopening of the sim. But in November 2014, Alynna brought the club to the Sunweaver sim of Sunweaver Bay, soon moving to to Sunny Beach where it would remain for a little while until Alynna's items were packed away earlier this year.

The club was known for it's bright neon colors, it's symbol was a neon tube shaped into a cat's head. During it's time in Kitsuhana, there was an effort to make the club active by the "Furry Club Alliance," but the stepping down of a few personnel made regular events just too difficult. It did take part in some events such as when the world failed to end on December 21, 2012. The club was also duplicated in InWorldz for a time.

While there is of course the possibility the club will come back, when something vanishes in Second Life, more often than not it's for good. While it's sad when any club vanishes, it's especially so in this case as this one had lasted so long, and for a time was part of the community yours truly calls home.

Bixyl Shuftan

Furnation Going Down? Not Quite

One of the more noted furry regions in Second Life are the Furnation sims. Unlike Luskwood and Rocket City, the place caters to residents with a taste for a more adult side of the Grid. Although not as old as Luskwood, it has been in Second Life for several years. The FCA's Fur Club was built in and spent it's first few years in Furnation.

Xymbers recently heard on the Furnation website about an announcement that suggested the region would soon be closing:


FurNation within the game of Secondlife will no longer be avalible . It Has been Seven Years since its initial launch on SecondLife & has run itself useful as a social gathering spot within SL. This announcement does not go without a hitch, The Name will no longer be on SecondLife but the simulators owned by the respected land owners may or maynot still be there without the FurNation tag on them.

As Linden Labs has shown itself useful in the past I beleive it is time to move on from that medium and expand FurNation into deeper roots and on Its own media where the fandom/supporters controls it.

[Further announcements will be made on the new media and the future of its creation]

I would like to thank all the Furs/People who helped take care of FurNation within SecondLife for as long as you guys have.


Taking a look around, the Furnation sims were smaller in number than a few years ago, but still there. The welcome area was still there. The sandbox was still there, and there were functioning clubs. I talked to a few people, asking about someone saying the place was going away, but no one who answered me heard of it.

Finally, I got in touch with Corsi Mousehold, the owner of the sims. he told me the announcement on the website was "Not true at all." He told me what was going on was a case of internal drama, calling the matter over.

So it seems this region on the Grid will still be around.

*Update* Second Life Newser was contacted by Trun, whom co-owns the Furnation website. His explanation was that the sims themselves won't be going anywhere as long as their owner keeps them up. He stated that the region would simply would no longer be officially linked to furnation.com.

Source: http://furnation.com/

Bixyl Shuftan